Deploy Visual Studio Solution To Azure Web App Using PowerShell

Prerequisites

Microsoft Azure Subscription (MSDN subscribers or sign up for one month free trial).
Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015. To download Web installer or ISO file, please Click Here.
Windows PowerShell. To download PowerShell Click here.

You will learn

About PowerShell commands Regarding Azure Web app.
How to create Publish Visual Studio Solution as a File System.
How to publish local zip file to Azure Web app.

Getting started with Azure PowerShell for Web app

To learn about how to Configure Azure subscription to PowerShell & how to create, check availability of the name, delete & run Web app on Microsoft Azure, please refer to:

Azure PowerShell Commands for Web App

Deploying an Azure Web app

Step 1

Create an Azure Web app, using PowerShell.

New-AzureWebsite -Location "South India" -Name "azurewebapppsdemo"

Note

Wait for a few seconds to create a Web app.

Step 2

Start Visual Studio & create a New Project.

Step 3

Choose “Empty” ASP.NET Template & click OK button.

Step 4

Right click on the Project Name -> Add -> New Item.

Step 5

Add HTML page file & name it as index.html.

Note

You can also add Web form or any other page.

Step 6

Add some text into index.html file.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Azure Web App PowerShell Demo</h1>
</body>
</html>

Step 7

Now, right-click on the project name & click Publish option.

Step 8

The different options are available as a publish target but we are selecting Custom option.

Enter Profile name. Ex. WebApp.

Change Publish method to File System. Also, set Target location.

Create new folder to publish the project.

Click Next button.

Configuration: Release.

Check Delete all the existing files prior to publish option.

Click Publish button.

Wait for a few seconds to publish the project.

Step 9

Run PowerShell & enter the command given below to build the project.

msbuild E:\Azure\webapp01\WebApplication1\WebApplication1.sln /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=WebApp /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0

Note

Enter the solution path with an extension like .sln,

DeployOnBuild=true -> Deploy on Build.
PublishProfile=WebApp -> Enter publish profile name.
VisualStudioVersion=14.0 -> This project is developed, using Visual Studio 2015, so enter Visual Studio version.